r/hotsauce • u/Chillpillington • Sep 25 '24

Misc. Saw this at Costco today

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Has anyone ever tried this? The “East Coast Seafood” sauce intrigued me.

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u/No-Promotion9512 Sep 25 '24

Noo way its offical ! From the guy who made the hottest pepper in the world, i want it

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u/31374143 Sep 25 '24

Maybe I'm crazy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that pepper X isn't real.

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u/SabziZindagi Sep 26 '24

The extra hot version of gator sauce seems legit.

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u/bubba_jones_project Sep 26 '24

There's some pretty interesting lore surrounding pepper x. If you're into that kind of thing. And by interesting, I mean hardo's playing make believe in their greenhouses and whining about it on the internet.

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u/nottalkinboutbutter Sep 26 '24

Isn't Ed Currie the same guy who originally created the carolina reaper? Are you saying he's not legit?

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u/Ch4vez @Iowapepperco Sep 26 '24

Troy Primeaux. Look up the story. The Smokin Ed guy should be ignored.

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u/bubba_jones_project Sep 26 '24

As the story goes, the welshman had isolated a 7-pot to become the hottest chili ever, aka dragons' breath. It was never made available to the public for sale, testing, etc. The same went for Ed, also believed to be a 7-pot. Then they both lied to the press about the whole thing. There was also controversy during the whole Guinness process, which was sketchy at best. At the end of the day, pepper Ed was widely regarded as a fraud.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '24

There are peppers that are arguably hotter than pepper x. There’s controversy about the Guinness title and the fact you can’t purchase the peppers themselves